{"id":121428,"date":"2025-05-22T02:55:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T02:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/121428\/"},"modified":"2025-05-22T02:55:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T02:55:15","slug":"laura-medcalfs-organic-works-wash-over-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/121428\/","title":{"rendered":"Laura Medcalf\u2019s Organic Works Wash Over London"},"content":{"rendered":"

In her debut solo show \u201cSeeing Beyond,\u201d British-Hungarian artist Laura Medcalf surrenders control to nature, creating luminous, water-immersed works shaped by rivers, seas, and the slow alchemy of time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

British-Hungarian artist Laura Medcalf<\/a><\/strong> is letting go of control\u2014one dip at a time. Her debut solo show Seeing Beyond <\/strong>at 54 The Gallery<\/strong> in Mayfair sees her surrendering her work to nature, immersing each piece in rivers, seas, and open waters from England to Hungary, Monaco, and Ibiza. The result? One-of-a-kind works that embody trust in organic transformation.<\/p>\n

\"LayersTangled Routes, 2023, Thailand, 79.5 x 56 cm
Laura Medcalf<\/p>\n

Each piece undergoes a slow, deliberate process, beginning in the studio, where Medcalf hand-applies a custom light-sensitive paint. From there, the work is submerged in natural environments\u2014absorbing not only the waters themselves but also the surrounding soil, air and atmosphere. Over 72 hours, each piece develops through 18 layers<\/strong>, shifting with every exposure. \u201cLayered ephemeral but dipped permanent,\u201d she says\u2014a phrase that distils her approach: surrendering authorship to the elements.<\/p>\n

Having studied Fine Art in Bournemouth, Medcalf\u2019s early proximity to the sea laid the foundation for a practice rooted in nature\u2019s unpredictability. Rather than impose narrative or meaning, she allows sweet and salty waters to leave their own imprint\u2014embracing chance, entropy and change.<\/p>\n

At the private view, the paintings radiated a quiet, contemplative power. Their rich, shifting blues felt atmospheric. Each one stood like a living form, with its own sensory rhythm and internal tide. They don\u2019t feel painted so much as grown\u2014organic impressions shaped beyond human intention.<\/p>\n

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\"LayersThe Bohemian Energy, 2024 Ibiza, Spain Mixed media on paper
30 x 30 cm Laura Medcalf<\/p>\n

Her works resist categorisation by geography. Instead, they follow sensory and ecological flows\u2014uncertain, intuitive and deeply grounding. At the heart of it all is trust: in nature, in the process, and in letting go. This isn\u2019t abstraction for abstraction\u2019s sake\u2014it\u2019s collaboration with the wild.<\/p>\n

Medcalf\u2019s work is held in private collections across Europe, Hong Kong and the US. Following a series of solo shows in Hungary\u2014including a recent exhibition at Apollo Gallery\u2014this marks her first solo presentation in a London gallery setting. On view until 25 May, the pieces offer a visual exhale in the heart of the city.<\/p>\n

Laura Medcalf: Seeing Beyond is on until the 25th of May, 2025 at 54 The Gallery, 54 Shepherd Market, London W1J 7QX.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a92025 Laura Medcalf<\/p>\n

\"Joanna<\/a><\/p>\n

Joanna is a contributing writer exploring contemporary art and the intersection of creativity, culture, and society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In her debut solo show \u201cSeeing Beyond,\u201d British-Hungarian artist Laura Medcalf surrenders control to nature, creating luminous, water-immersed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121429,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,54153,393,4884,54150,257,54152,54151,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-121428","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-emerging-artist","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-laura-medcalf","13":"tag-london","14":"tag-london-exhibition","15":"tag-seeing-beyond","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114549236012863389","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}